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True Stories of the Penal Days
1897-1898
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1898
The Paymaster's Chest
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SEt in Ross, the tale of an army lieutenant pressed for money who - unable to secure his rich sweetheart's promise to marry - arranges to have her father's house robbed. The father is shot in the attempt which fails. The lieutenant becomes engaged to the orphaned girl but still needs money so arranges with the same friends to hold up the paymaster. The robbery goes wrong, a wounded man confesses the officer's art, and he suicides rather than face disgrace. (PB)
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Subjects:
- 1829
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- Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,
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